When you trying to set the IP address on a network adapter The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a […]

I have a Windows 2003 fileserver that uses storage on an iSCSI array that seemed to “lose” it’s shares every time its rebooted. I suspected it was trying to initialize the shares before the iSCSI target was connected and not finding them, so i went looking for a way to force Windows to wait for […]

If you find you are getting Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file” stops me from running ANY exe on Win2k3 Server after installing IE8 Ensure that your intranet settings are on in IE8 if they are then this may help From the workstations that can’t run the files, add the servers to […]

Event ID 7000’s Description: “The Parallel port driver service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.” Then you have the ParPort service not starting. This happens if you upgrade your Windows 2003 server hardware […]

Unsubscribing from Office Live Small Business If you have tested out the SBS 2008 office live and would like to remove it from you system follow the information below. The one that was getting me was how to remove the links from the web work space on the SBS console just follow the last step […]

CyberPower just announced its Windows Home Server 100 which comes in a small form factor that lets users access their stash of files, photos, music and videos in a snap – be it at home or remotely. Targeting households as well as home-based businesses that have more than one PC, this energy-saving server is able […]

Microsoft has violated European competition law by including Internet Explorer with Windows, according to the European Commission. The Commission said other browsers are prevented from competing with IE because Windows includes Microsoft’s own browser. Furthermore, the remedies put in place under the US government’s landmark 2002 antitrust settlement does not make IE’s inclusion with Windows […]

Apply a different icon to different drives. Using an .inf file Using the registry XP and the registry… Icons for removable media Using an .inf file Simply create a new textfile in the root of your drive, typing this text: [AUTORUN] Icon=”(path)\(name)” then rename the file to autorun.inf. You might put the icon in […]